The governor of Greece's Central Macedonia province has said he would like to declare a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants stranded in the region by closed borders, dpa reported. "Here [at the Idomeni border crossing] we have 13,000 people and further south another 5,000 migrants in refugee camps," Apostolos Tzitzikostas told Greek broadcaster Skai from Idomeni on the border with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. Greece's northern neighbour closed its borders to the wave of migrants and is only allowing a few people to pass through its territory each day. The Greek government estimates that 32,000 migrants have been stranded in Greece after Balkan countries closed their borders, stopping them from proceeding along the so-called Balkan route to richer countries in northern and western Europe. On Saturday, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Greece could end up hosting more than 100,000 migrants by the end of March.
